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Richard Brautigan: Lonely at the Laundromat

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 Laundry day. What's he looking for? (Albany, California): photo by efo, 18 October 2006

This poem was found written on a paper bag by Richard Brautigan in a laundromat in San Francisco. The author is unknown.

By accident, you put
Your money in my
Machine (#4)
By accident, I put
My money in another
Machine (#6)
On purpose, I put
Your clothes in the
Empty machine full
Of water and no   
Clothes

It was lonely.

Richard Brautigan (1935-1984): San Francisco, from All Watched Over by Machines of Loving Grace, 1967




Wash Dry 10 Cents Laundromat, 806 Divisadero Street, Western Addition district, San Francisco: photo by Dave Glass (Dizzy Atmosphere), 1979, posted 2 January 2008


Laundromat, 3040 18th Street, Mission District, San Francisco: photo by Dave Glass (Dizzy Atmosphere), 1988, posted 5 May 2010
 

Jesse, laundromat attendant, Fulton and Divisadero, Western Addition district, San Francisco: photo by Dave Glass (Dizzy Atmosphere), 1977, posted 17 December 2009


Little Hollywood Launderette, 1906 Market Street, San Francisco. Art Deco storefront, Market and Laguna: photo by Dave Glass (Dizzy Atmosphere), 1 January 2008



Wash 20 cents. Old laundromat sign in Oakland. (This one I took because it's closed and I'm afraid the sign will go away soon...): photo by efo, 16 July 2005



Adeline Wash House, Oakland: photo by efo, 1 September 2013
 

Abandoned laundromat -- holgarama: photo by efo, 8 February 2014
 

Laundromat (San Francisco): photo by efo, 19 February 2012

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